NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, embarked on a historic journey to explore the outer planets of our solar system. Taking advantage of a rare planetary alignment, the probes ...

Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune each emit more energy than they receive from the Sun, meaning they have comparatively warm ...

But scientists now say that Uranus is actually warmed from the inside, according to a study published in Geophysical Research ...

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft completed a historic flyby of Uranus, becoming the first,and so far, only probe to closely study ...

A new analysis of decades' worth of observations has revealed that Uranus does indeed emit more heat than it receives from the rays of the Sun.

Before defining what a light-year is, we should define what a light-year is not: It is not a measure of time, but rather a ...

China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.

"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | ...

A study from University of Houston researchers showed Uranus's energy levels change with its long seasons, which last about 20 years. This is likely ...

For millennia, astronomers thought Uranus was no more than a distant star. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that Uranus ...